Charles henry jenne



G, H. J-E'NNE. RAILWAY RAIL.

(No Model.)

Pdtented Feb. 13,

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY;

"NI/TED STATES PATENT Erica.

CHARLES HENRY JENNE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE JENNE COMPOUND RAIL COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RAILWAY-RAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,716, dated. February 13,1894.

Application filed December 31, 1891. Renewed December 27, 1893. Serial No. 494,859. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES HENRY J ENNE, acitizen of the United States, and a resident oflndianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rails, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to railway rails for use generally where rails are usually employed, and has for its objects .first, to produce a simple, reliable, and efficient rail which, while compounded or composed of a top and bottom section, may be easily and accurately rolled or manufactured; second, to insure a smooth and unyielding track or way which may be laid with equal facility. as the ordinary rail now generally in use, and which may be as easily repaired or replaced when necessary; third, to obviate jolting at the joints or abutting ends of the treads or heads and to prevent noise; fourth, torende'r the improved rail practically continuous for any length desired; fifth, to obviate the use of fish bars or fish plates, and sixth, to provide convenient and eifective means for securing the rails upon the road bed and the sections thereof one with the other.

To accomplish these objects, and to secure other and further advantages in the matters of construction, application and use, my im provements include not only a new and useful rail, but certain minor features of construction, and particularly of invention, all as will be herein first fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

1 In the drawings, Figure l is a side view, partly in section and partly in elevation, showing a railway rail constructed in accordance with myinvention and involving my improvements; Fig. 2, a top View of the same, showing also the manner of applying the I noise deadening strips or packing when desired; Fig. 3, a cross section and elevation upon a plane through line 00-09 of Fig. 1, showing also the application of spikes for securing the rail to the tie; Fig. 4, a cross section and elevation representing the application of screws through both parts of the rail and into the tie.

In all the figures, like letters of reference wherever they occur indicate corresponding parts. p

A represents the head or ball of the rail, and B the single vertical web on which the same is sustained, afiording height and consequent stifiness thereto in a vertical direction. The base or foot of this web is preferably composed of two diverging inclined members, 0 O, terminatingin narrow horizontal foot pieces D. D, as best indicated in the cross sections, the head, the web, and the base of the web being in one piece. When of the form shown, the upper part of the compound rail may be rolled without difficulty. The figure of the channeled foot formed by the two members 0 O may be varied in accordance with the weight of the rail to be produced and with other conditions; thus the crown may be more or less rounded, or more or less truncated, and the sides thereof may be extended more or less so long as the channeled feature is preserved and other conditions of the invention observed.

The base plate of the compound railis represented at E. It is of rolled metal also, and may be easily and cheaply produced of such figure as to correspond with the formation of the foot of the top section and to receive all of said foot affording a close bearing therefor. As shown in the drawings, however, it is made with an upwardly projecting longitudinal tongue of an inverted V shape in cross-sec tion, but in practice this tongue will of course be formed of the propershape to fit the channeled foot of the upper part or section whatever the shape of that channeled foot may be. The marginal ledges, shownat e e, only contribute stiffness in accordance with their depth and might be omitted. The under or bearing face of the base plate is preferably made flat and rests directly upon the cross ties, one of which is shown at F.

The base plate is laid upon the ties in sections as are ordinary rails, a tie being placed under each joint and forms, when once in position, a continuous and practically a permanent way. The upper portions are then applied to the base in sections, butso as to break joints therewith, the joints of the base being disposed at such points as to come mid- I00 way, or approximately so, of the joints of the top sections whereby to hold up the ends of such top sections and insure a perfectly smooth track. In the ends of the base plate sections through the upwardly projecting longitudinal tongue are formed perforations a a, the openings being shown as a trifie elongated to admit of movement to correspond with any slight variations due to expansion and contraction, but these perforations may be round and fit the bolts, in which case the ties will yield enough to accommodate the movements. The inclined members of the foot of the top section forming the walls of the channeled portion thereof are perforated at suitable points near their ends, as at b b, and these perforations are preferably elongated. The parts beingin place and ready to be secured, lag or other equivalent form of screws, 0, may be employed for the purpose,which, passing through perforations, b and a, enter the tie, and thus not only hold the parts together but hold them securely down to the tie. In addition to the fastenings at the ends of the base plate sections thus described, the rails will be secured to the ties by spikes, dd, as is usual, with the rails now in use, the heads of the spikes reaching over the margin D D, as shown, and holding the parts firmly in place. The abutting ends of the top sections are preferably cut at an angle substantially as shown, so that when in use the wheels of the Vehicle riding thereon cannot entirely leave one section before it bears upon the next, but the straight or square or any other form of the joints, may be employed with the other features of my improvement if desired. I secure the top section firmly to the base pieces, especially in the region of the joints by the use of bolts, f f, which passing through holes formed through the walls of the channeled foot, enter threaded perforations formed in the tongue on the base pieces and are turned tightly down. This in effect makes of the compound rail a practically continuous one throughout its entire length or throughout any portion thereof that may be desired, and the construction enables me to dispense with the use of fish bars or fish plates, thereby obviating the necessity of perforating the web. Moreover as the upper and under sections break joints with one another, the ends of the upper sections receive a firmer bearing and are more securely held with the upper surface of their cross joints at the same level than is the case when the ordinary fish plate is employed, while the ends of the under sections being disposed at points intermediate the ends of the upper sections, the weight of the Vehicle when passing thereover is supported by the upper sections, and the cutting of the ties, and injury to the road bed at these points by the ends of such under sections, are thereby obviated. The fish plate may of course be employed in addition to the other features, but its presence will generally be found superfluous. With the screws made bottom sections, even though the bolts file should become loosened, but they are not absolutel y necessary and need not be employed.

On elevated structures, and in other situations where it is desired to obviate noise, I in terpose between the upper and lower sections so as to overlie the upwardly projecting longitudinal tongue on the lower section, a strip, G, of non-conducting material, as, for instance, lead, asbestus, or other preferred substance, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings. The formation of the base and the foot are such as to easily accommodate and firmly hold this strip in place, while its presence will in no way detract from the security of the rails.

The improved railway-rail, as will be readily understood, can be easily adapted either to light or heavy traffic. It is especially advantageous where high speed is attained, and where continuous smoothness, solidity and security are requisite or desirable.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a compound rail of the type commonly known as a T rail, the combination with the upper section comprising the ordinary head or ball, the single vertical web and the channeled foot or base, and the under section constructed with a plate to rest upon the ties and with an upwardly projecting longitudinal tongue adapted to enter and fit the channel in the foot of the upper section, of screws passing through the walls of the channel of the upper section and engaging with holes formed in the tongue pn the under section, whereby the under section is adapted to receive and support the entire foot or base of the upper section, and the sections are fixedly secured together, substantially as described.

2. In a compound rail of the type commonly known as a T rail, the combination with the upper section comprising the ordinary head or ball, the single vertical web, and the channeled foot or base, and the under section consisting of a plate adapted to rest upon the ties, formed to fit the channel in the foot of the upper section, and adapted to receive and support the said entire foot or base, of the screws passing through said foot, through the under plate and entering the tie, substantially as described.

3. In a compound rail of the character herein set forth, the combination with the upper section comprising the channeled foot, the

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single web, and the head or ball sustained thereon, and. the lower section constructed with a plate to rest upon the ties and with an upwardly projecting longitudinal tongue adapted to enter and fit the channel in the foot of the upper section, of a sound nonconducting strip or packing interposed between the sections and overlying the upwardly projecting longitudinal tongue on the under section, substantially as described.

4. In acompound rail of the character herein set forth, the combination with the upper section comprising the channeled foot, the single web and the head or ball sustained thereon, and the lower section constructed with a plate to rest upon the ties and with an upwardly projecting longitudinal tongue adapted to enter and fit the channel in the foot of the upper section, of a sound nonconducting strip or packing interposed between the sections and overlying the upwardly projecting longitudinal tongue on the under section, and screws passing through the walls of the channel of the upper section and engaging with holes formed in the tongue on the under section, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the under section consisting of a base adapted to rest upon the ties, and provided with an upwardly projecting longitudinal tongue which is wider at its bottom than at its top, and the upper section constructed with the usual head or tread, and with a channeled base which is adapted to fit the upwardly projecting tongue of the under section and extend outwardly on each side thereof to and into engagement with marginal flanges upon the outer edges of such under section, of a series of ties upon which the under section rests, and spikes the heads of which extend over, and engage with, the base of the upper section to hold the rail to the ties, substantially as described.

6. In acornpound rail of the character herein set forth, the combination with the upper 'section comprising the channeled foot, the 

